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Image from Michael E. Ruane’s article “Trove of Army’s art awaits a new museum” on the Washington Post

The LA Times has to be kicking themselves now for letting go of Jori Finkel. She and Randy Kennedy break the news that LA MOCA will select Dia’s Philippe Vergne as its new director. Questions about his fundraising prowess linger, but he’ll certainly be able to help build back the museum’s credibility (and hopefully their staff). [The New York Times]

Nobody tells a story like Tony Fitzpatrick. In this issue of Dime Stories, Fitzpatrick recalls the five years the famed dance club The Limelight lasted in Chicago. He says it didn’t last because unlike New Yorkers, who are willing to stand in line for hours just for the privilege of spending their money, Chicagoans have better things to do with their time. It seems those five years with the limelight also gave the city enough time to reflect on who they are. [New City]

Kate Moss brings out the misogynist in people. Kate Moss’s beauty has given new life to artist’s careers. Artists aren’t depicting model Kate Moss well enough, particularly Lucien Freud, says the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones. Why does this guy have a job? [The Guardian]

If you’re missing Dave Hickey’s art world commentary (he threw in the towel in 2012), then you can watch him lecture Rice students on just about everything. Glasstire has broken it into four videos. [Glasstire]

Art media loves a theft story, but security improvements and the Internet seem to have made the landscape harder on thieves. So for now we’ll settle on this list of D.C. art thefts over the past forty years. Looks like the early 80’s were a boom. [Washington City Paper]

Here’s a collection we would drop everything to go see: the US Army has a massive collection of war art in what looks like a climate-controlled concrete hangar. On the Washington Post, this comes with a bounty of stories about the army’s art program and artists’ experiences on the battlefield. They’re building a museum for the collection but it should take four more years. [Washington Post]

The Times says The Board of Trustees has delayed making a final decision about Cooper Union’s tuition. Up until now, the school has offered full scholarships for all undergraduates. By 2014 they may disappear. [Facebook]

New City is going to produce a full report sparked by Pedro Velez’s Friends Curating Friends. We can’t wait. (And we’ve been plotting to make our own with friends over Twitter.) [New City]

ARTINFO’S Shane Ferro live tweeted yesterday’s Armory Panel “The Psychology of Consumerism” yesterday with participants: Alvin Hall, Liz Magic Laser, Eric Shiner and moderator Felix Salmon. No hashtag was used so you have to scroll through her tweets, but it sounded great. Consider this a formal request for a write up. [Shane Ferro]

Are you kidding me? The FBI has threatened artist Omer Fast in “suggestive, spy-movie language” after they noticed he was interested in speaking to someone operating military drones. Fast says that since that time his contacts have all gone dead. [The Art Newspaper]